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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), in Bethesda, Maryland, is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Since its founding in 1836, NLM has played a pivotal role in translating biomedical research into practice. It is the world's largest biomedical library and the developer of electronic information services that deliver trillions of bytes of data to millions of users every day. Scientists, health professionals, and the public in the US and around the globe search the Library's online information resources more than one billion times each year. The NLM also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. In addition, the NLM coordinates a 6,000-member National Network of Libraries of Medicine that promotes and provides access to health information in communities across the United States.

The NLM supports an extensive digitization program to preserve and make available its historical collections, which stand among the richest of any institution in the world. To this end, the NLM is a principal contributor to the Medical Heritage Library (MHL), a collaborative effort of several large medical research libraries to digitize and make available online thousands of pieces of historical medical literature. All of NLM's digitized historical content is also available through NLM's Digital Collections, and much of the content will also be available with that of other contributors on the MHL’s collections page on the Internet Archive.



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Apr 8, 2017 Davis, Daniel; Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892, former owner
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Topic: Electromagnetic Phenomena
Will digitize
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Topics: Physicians, Motivation
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Dec 3, 2016 Mexico. Departamento del Cuerpo Especial de Estado Mayor, author
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Caption title
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Topics: Clothing, Military Personnel, Emblems and Insignia
Condition reviewed
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Topic: Medicine, Arabic
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Topics: Genital Diseases, Female, Menstruation Disturbances, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications
digitized
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Topics: Military Nursing, Women soldiers, World War I
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Apr 26, 2015 Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821-1910
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Topic: Christian Science
The Medical Heritage Library
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Microfilm
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Topics: Education, Medical, Physicians, Women
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Oct 8, 2014 Hale, Edwin M. (Edwin Moses), 1829-1899
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First published in 1866; the second ed. added a treatise on sterility, but dropped the section on obstetric abortion, part V of the 1st ed
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Topics: Abortion, Spontaneous, Infertility, Female
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Oct 7, 2014 Bray, Nicholas, 1854-; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor
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National Center for Homeopathy;
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Topics: Therapeutics, Materia Medica
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Oct 6, 2014 Kreussler, Emil; Hempel, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1811-1879, translator
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Translation of Therapie acuter und chronischer Krankheitsformen nach dem homöopathischen Heilprincip
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Topic: Homeopathy
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Oct 3, 2014 Brigham, G. N. (Gershom Nelson), 1820-1886; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor
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Bradford, T.L. Homoeopathic bib. of the U.S.
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Topics: Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases, Signs and Symptoms, Homeopathy, Materia Medica
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Oct 3, 2014 Morse, Lucius D; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor; American Foundation for Homoeopathy, former owner
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Bradford, T.L. Homoeopathic bib. of the U.S.
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Topics: Nose Diseases, Nose Diseases, Homeopathy
Final 14 p. are publisher's catalog
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Topics: Ejaculation, Masturbation, Homeopathy
Translation of Der homöopatische Rathgeber
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Topics: Male Urogenital Diseases, Female Urogenital Diseases, Homeopathy
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Oct 2, 2014 Hawkes, William James; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor
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Text printed on the rectos only; pagination accounts for the blank versos
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Topics: Homeopathy, Materia Medica
The Medical Heritage Library
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Bradford, T.L. Homoeopathic bib. of the U.S.
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Topics: Uterine Diseases, Homeopathy
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Oct 2, 2014 Macfarlan, Malcolm, 1841-; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor
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"Reprinted from The homoeopathic physician for 1892, 1893, and 1894."
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Topics: Homeopathy, Materia Medica
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Oct 2, 2014 Gallavardin, Jean-Pierre; Foulon, Irenaeus D., translator
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Translation of the portions of Alcholisme et criminalité which discuss therapeutics
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Topics: Alcoholism, Homeopathy
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Oct 2, 2014 Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869
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Includes indexes
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Topics: Pharmaceutical Preparations, Drug Therapy
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Oct 2, 2014 Dickinson, W. H. (Wilmot Horton), 1829-
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Includes index
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Topic: Homeopathy
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Condition reviewed
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Topics: Diphtheria, Homeopathy
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Oct 2, 2014 Majumdár, P. C., M.D
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Includes index
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Topics: Cholera, Homeopathy
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Oct 2, 2014 Raue, C. G. (Charles Godlove), 1820-1896
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Final 16 p. are publisher's catalog
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Topics: Homeopathy, Therapeutics, Materia Medica
The Medical Heritage Library
Oct 2, 2014 Humphreys, F. (Frederick), 1816-1900
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Topics: Dysentery, Homeopathy
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Oct 2, 2014 Stearns, Guy Beckley; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor
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"For the Department of Materia Medica, New York Homeopathic Medical College."
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Topics: Influenza, Human, Homeopathy
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Oct 2, 2014 Gatchell, Ch. (Charles), 1851-1910
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Includes index
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Topic: Homeopathy
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Oct 1, 2014 Clark, George H. (George Hardy), 1860-1941; Lee, Edmund Jennings, 1853-; Panos, Maesimund B., former owner; American Foundation for Homoeopathy, former owner; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor
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National Center for Homeopathy;
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Topics: Cough, Homeopathy, Homeopathy
The Medical Heritage Library
Oct 1, 2014 Jeanes, Jacob, 1800-1877; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor. DNLM; American Foundation for Homoeopathy, former owner. DNLM
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First American book on homeopathy
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Topic: Homeopathy
Condition reviewed
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Topic: Forensic Medicine
First published in England in 1731
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Topics: Mathematics, Accounting, Commerce
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Aug 27, 2013 Condie, D. Francis (David Francis), 1796-1875; Webster, James, fl. 1810-1833, bookseller; Brown, William, 1785-1853 printer
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Text consists of questions with answers
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Topics: Education, Medical, Schools, Medical
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Apr 21, 2013 Rapou, Aug. (Auguste); Granville, Arthur Alleyn, translator; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor. DNLM; American Foundation for Homoeopathy, former owner. DNLM; Grosvenor Library, former owner
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Translation of De la fièvre typhoïde et de son traitement homoeopathique
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Topics: Typhoid Fever, Homeopathy
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Microfilm
Topics: Dale Hospital (Worcester, Mass.), Hospitals, Military, Hospitals, Military, Crimean War
Date from p. 30
Topics: Chronic Disease, Orthotic Devices
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- Fowler, Geo. B. (George Bingham), 1847-1907, author; College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York. Alumni Association
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"Reprinted from the New York medical journal, June, 1877."
Topic: Urinalysis
The Medical Heritage Library
- Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919; New York Obstetrical Society
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Will digitize
Topics: Uterine Prolapse, Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
Titles of some editions vary slightly
Topics: Medicine, Disease
The Medical Heritage Library
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Includes index
Topics: Obstetrics, Pediatrics
The Medical Heritage Library
- Freitag, John Eberhard
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"C. J. Hütter, drucker in Easton."--colophon
Topics: Horse Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
US National Library of Medicine
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The Medical Heritage Library
- Dabney, J. P. (Jonathan Peele), 1793-1868
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NLM copy inscribed on cover: "Dr. Green with respects of J.P.D."; in another hand on cover: "By Jonathan Peele Dabney, class of 1811, published in 1847."
Topics: Harvard University, Universities, Catalogs as Topic
The Medical Heritage Library
- Dake, J. P. (Jabez Philander), 1827-1894; Foote, Albert E., 1846-1895, bookseller. DNLM; Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania
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NLM copy has bookseller's ticket of A.E. Foote on cover
Topic: Philosophy, Medical
Condition reviewed
Topic: Alcohol Drinking
The Medical Heritage Library
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"Read before the New York Academy of Medicine, June 15th, 1859."
Topic: Urine
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- Aaron, Charles D. (Charles Dettie), 1866-, author; Detroit Medical and Library Association
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Title from cover
Topics: Intestinal Diseases, Gastrointestinal Contents, Fermentation
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- Squibb, Edward Robinson, 1819-1900
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Caption title
Topic: Pharmaceutical Preparations
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- Bryant, Joseph D. (Joseph Decatur), 1845-1914
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Cover title
Topics: Head Injuries, Penetrating, Wounds, Gunshot
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- Hale, Edwin M. (Edwin Moses), 1829-1899; National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor; American Foundation for Homoeopathy, former owner
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Includes index
Topics: Homeopathy, Materia Medica
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- Abbe, Robert, 1851-1928; New York Surgical Society
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Cover title
Topics: Kidney Neoplasms, Sarcoma
Cover title
Topics: Pelvis, Pelvic Bones
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- Mitchell, John K. (John Kearsley), 1859-1917; De Schweinitz, G. E. (George Edmund), 1858-1938
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"Reprinted from The journal of nervous and mental disease, January, 1894."
Topics: Hysteria, Visual Perception
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- Seguin, E. C. (Edward Constant), 1843-1898; Seguin, E. C. (Edward Constant), 1843-1898. Contribution to the study of localized cerebral lesions
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"Reprinted from the Transactions of the American Neurological Association, Vol. II., 1877."
Topics: Chorea, Brain Diseases
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- Abbe, Robert, 1851-1928; New York Academy of Medicine
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Cover title
Topic: Hand
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- Baruch, Simon, 1840-1921; German Medical Society of the City of New York
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Cover title
Topics: Hydrotherapy, Medical Errors
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- Buck, Albert H. (Albert Henry), 1842-1922
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Caption title
Topics: Ear, Middle, Ear Canal, Granulation Tissue
The Medical Heritage Library
- Druitt, Robert, 1814-1883; Sargent, F. W. (Fitzwilliam), 1820-1889; Banov, Leon, 1914-2007, donor. DNLM
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Originally published in 1848
Topic: Surgical Procedures, Operative
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- Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849; Lee, Charles A. (Charles Alfred), 1801-1872, editor; Dickson, Samuel Henry, 1798-1872, former owner
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US Navy Bureau of Medicine & Surgery's Office of Medical History;
Topics: Pharmacopoeias as Topic, Materia Medica
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- Drognat-Landré, Carlos Ludovico; Universidade da Bahia. Faculdade de Medicina
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Thesis--Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, 1871
Topic: Iridectomy
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- Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931, author; Cornell University. Entomological Laboratory; United States. Public Health Service, donor
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Includes bibliographical references
Topic: Entomology
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Topic: Clinical Medicine
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- Engelmann, George J. (George Julius), 1847-1903
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Cover title
Topics: Prolapse, Umbilical Cord
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- Taliaferro, V. H. (Valentine Ham), 1831-1888; Georgia Medical Association
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Cover title
Topic: Pancreatic Neoplasms
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Topics: Military Hygiene, Military Personnel, Government Regulation, American Civil War
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- United States Sanitary Commission; Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
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Topics: Military Hygiene, Sanitation, American Civil War
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- Paxton, James, 1786-1860; Lewis, Winslow, 1799-1875
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Topic: Anatomy
The Medical Heritage Library
- Littell, Eliakim, 1797-1870
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Topics: Macdonald, James, 1803-1849, Physicians, Psychiatry
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- Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), 1865-1942; New York Academy of Medicine
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Topics: Influenza, Human, Influenza, Human
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Cover title
Topics: Fractures, Open, Fractures, Ununited, Fracture Fixation, Internal
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- Dwight, Thomas, 1843-1911, author
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Topics: Kidney, Microphthalmos, Testis
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- Reed, Robert Harvey, 1851-1907, author; Muskingum Valley District Medical Society
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Topics: Head Injuries, Penetrating, Brain Injuries
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- United States. Army. Dept. of the Ohio. Medical Director's Office; Holden, L. H
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Topics: United States. Army, Hospitals, Military, Equipment and Supplies, Hospital, American Civil War
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- United States. Surgeon-General's Office; Hammond, William Alexander, 1828-1900
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Topics: United States. Army, Military Medicine, Formularies as Topic, Mercury Compounds, Antimony Potassium...